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basal edge of first dorsal or well behind ventral base; caudal broad, 

 inserted well behind origin of lower lobe; subcaudal lobe I/3 of 

 caudal fin ; pectoral reaches middle of first dorsal base, width slightly 

 less than half its length ; ventral inserted near last % between hind 

 basal edge of first dorsal and origin of second dorsal spine. 



Light brownish to cinnamon brown, paler on belly and lower sur- 

 face of head. 



Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean, South Africa. 



A.N.S.P., one example. Italy. C. L. Bonaparte collection. No. 42. Dr. T. B. 



Wilson. Length, 843 mm. Dried skin. 

 A.N.S.P., one example. No data. Dried skin. 



CENTROPHORUS STEINDACHNERI Pietschmann 



Centrophorus steindachneri Pietschmann, Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, vol. 44, 



p. 394, 1907 (type locality: Japan) ; Sitz. Ber. Akad. Wiss. Wien, math.-nat. 



KL, vol. 117, pt. 1, p. 667, pi. 1, fig. 1, 1908 (type).— -Regan, Ann. Mag. Nat. 



Hist., ser. 8, vol. 2, p. 53, 1908 (reference). 

 Lepidorhinus steindachneri Gakman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 213, 



1913 (Japan).— Fovi^LER, Proc. 4th (1929) Pacific Sci. Congr., Java, p. 496, 



1930 (reference). 



Depth 5% to subcaudal origin; head 3%. Snout 3% in head; orbit 

 3, little greater than snout; mouth broadly curved, with deep groove 

 and labial folds at each angle, upper fold less than half jaw length, 

 lower slightly less than upper; teeth sectorial, median shaped as 

 isosceles triangle and nearly erect, become more oblique laterally, 

 lower much more oblique and nearly twice as broad; nostrils much 

 nearer snout tip than mouth; jnterorbital low. Gill openings about 

 % of orbit, last 2 closer, before pectoral. Spiracle above though close 

 behind eye. 



Scales small, leaf-shaped, with strong median keel and weaker 

 lateral keels, hind edge with 3 points of which median longest. 



First dorsal origin behind pectoral base, fin length 1% in head; 

 second dorsal origin opposite hind basal ventral edge, fin length 1% 

 in head, subequal in height with first dorsal; caudal 2,% in rest of 

 body, front subcaudal edge 1% in caudal length ; least depth of caudal 

 peduncle 4% in head ; pectoral length 1% ; ventral length 2. 



Grayish brown. Length, 432 mm. (Pietschmann; Garman.) 



Japan. 



CENTROPHORUS ROSSI Alcock 



Centrophorus rossi Alcock, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, vol. 2, p. 143, 1898 

 (type locality: Off Travancore coast in 430 fathoms) ; Illustr. Zool. Investi- 

 gator, pt. 3, pi. 26, fig. 3a-c, 1895 ; Cat. Deep Sea Fishes Indian Mus., p. 13, 

 1899 (type). 



Lepidorhinus rossi Gabman, Mem. Mus. Comp. Zool., vol. 36, p. 214, 1913 

 (compiled). 



